Communia News

European Film Treasures

Bernardo Parrella — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:58:24 +0200

For a century, amateurs, collectors, and archives have gathered films that entered the public domain but exist today only by miracle...

Europeana conference, June 23/24, The Hague

Bernardo Parrella — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:02:51 +0200

"Users expect the interoperable": this is the tile of the upcoming conference of Europeana, Europe’s digital library, archive and museum.

White paper on open access for academic research

Bernardo Parrella — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:12:46 +0200

"Open Doors and Open Minds: What faculty authors can do to ensure open access to their work through their institution."

New mailing list on digital public domain

Bernardo Parrella — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:24:10 +0200

COMMUNIA is opening up the general discussion on issues related to the digital public domain.

Italy: reform of National public assets launched

Bernardo Parrella — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:48:19 +0200

A new bill aims at reforming the current civil laws on National public assets and institutions.

"The Future of the Internet"

Bernardo Parrella — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:28:44 +0200

A public conference for the 10th year of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School.

LibriVox: acoustical liberation of books

Bernardo Parrella — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:09:46 +0200

How to enhance meaning and scope of the public domain in every day life? Here is a great example!

Legality of e-book reader restrictions

Bernardo Parrella — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:23:43 +0100

Does the "first sale doctrine" (allowing us to lend/resell our hardcover books) still applies in the digital realm? Only the courts will have the final answer.

Internet Archive: free & public domain books

Bernardo Parrella — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:19:03 +0100

The San Francisco-based Internet Archive is building the world's largest online collection of free and public domain books, with nearly 350,000 titles and growing.

Book on copyright & public domain

Bernardo Parrella — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:42:47 +0100

An upcoming book explains in plain language how and why works of authorship enter the public domain, covering also important issues about current copyright laws.